Fargo is the owner of a chain of department stores. He used to be a pushcart peddler and slowly made his way up. He hires Roark to build a big department store for him. The building is in a failing neighborhood that Fargo hopes his store will revive, but unfortunately for him, the store isn’t able to survive the neighborhood’s collapse.
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John Fargo Character Timeline in The Fountainhead
The timeline below shows where the character John Fargo appears in The Fountainhead. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1: Chapter 13
John Fargo, who was once a pushcart peddler, wants to build a new department store and immediately...
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Part 1: Chapter 14
All winter, Roark gets no more work. By spring, his money is running out. The Fargo Store has opened, but since it is in a neighborhood that is losing business, it...
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Part 2: Chapter 2
...been trying to track him down, if he is indeed the person who designed the Fargo Store. In half an hour, Roark is on a train to New York. When the...
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